Kentucky Straight by Chris OffuttOut of the Woods by Chris OffuttThe Same River Twice by Chris OffuttNightwoods by Charles FrazierDovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Appalachian Fiction
277 books — 327 voters
Stitches by David SmallBlankets by Craig ThompsonMonsters by Ken  DahlMaus I by Art SpiegelmanI Never Liked You by Chester Brown
Best Autobiographical Graphic Novels
110 books — 45 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,391 books — 123,416 voters

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickSmile by Raina TelgemeierMeanwhile by Jason ShigaThe Arrival by Shaun TanHow Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry  Deutsch
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,474 books — 1,827 voters
Blankets by Craig ThompsonThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Graphic Novels for Older High Schoolers
116 books — 18 voters

Wonder Bear by Tao NyeuMorris the Artist by Lore Segal
Children Books About Art
279 books — 161 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferFeed by M.T. Anderson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,935 books — 26,311 voters

Stitches by David SmallThe Collected Essex County by Jeff LemireFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBlankets by Craig Thompson
Best Graphic Novels
3,459 books — 6,778 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBetsey Brown by Ntozake ShangeNo Heroes by Chris Offutt
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,831 books — 7,844 voters

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Picture Books with Penguins
118 books — 75 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyI Am the Cheese by Robert CormierFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Mind
436 books — 462 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyA Separate Peace by John KnowlesFlight by Sherman AlexieGorilla, My Love by Toni Cade BambaraExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
books with compelling young narrators
218 books — 177 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters

The Curious Garden by Peter  BrownThe Storm in the Barn by Matt PhelanThe Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
2010 Caldecott Hopefuls
65 books — 167 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David SmallThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
DCPL's Teen Graphic Novel Booklist
84 books — 39 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,376 books — 1,161 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,411 books — 17,243 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,937 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Memoirs by Women
3,206 books — 3,174 voters

Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKentucky Straight by Chris OffuttEating the Cheshire Cat by Helen Ellis
Southern Writers (for Florence)
24 books — 17 voters
Cradle to Cradle by William McDonoughAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesNight by Elie WieselExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books to Teach in high school
297 books — 336 voters

That Book Woman by Heather HensonWonder Bear by Tao Nyeu
2009 Caldecott Contenders
38 books — 100 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Children's Books
5,343 books — 6,930 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe History of Love by Nicole KraussThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloBee Season by Myla Goldberg
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,370 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,805 voters


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